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LET'S PULL THAT BABY RIGHT UP HERE.[CALL TO ORDER]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC DEPARTMENT TO ORDER.IT IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2024.
UH, LET'S STAND UP AND DO THE PLEDGE OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL? MARYANNE ELLI.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING? WE RECEIVED TWO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS FOR IN PERSON? NO.
[PRESENTATIONS]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, PRESENTATIONS, UM, FOR THE MEWA PARK NATIVE PLANT AND TREE PLANTING DEMONSTRATION PRO PROJECT REVIEW, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE NATIVE TREE PLANTING, TURF CONSERVATION, AND RAINWATER CAPTURE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT MEWA PARK.THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH DAILY ACTS AND SPONSOR THROUGH THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
AND, UH, DREW, DO YOU WANNA KICK IT OFF? THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UH, THE DAILY ACTS TEAM WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, AND I'LL HAVE THEM COME ON UP WHILE OUR, UH, CLERK AND MODERATOR PULLS UP YOUR PRESENTATION SLIDES.
I WANNA POINT THAT THERE ARE A FEW ATTACHMENTS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, THOSE HAVE BEEN POSTED WITH THE AGENDA.
IF YOU REMEMBER SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, UH, THE DAY THE ACTS TEAM BROUGHT, UH, SOME OF THESE CONCEPT PLANS TO THE COMMISSION, THERE WAS FOUR OR FIVE PARKS DISCUSSED AT THE TIME.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THESE ARE PILOT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SAVING WATER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TRANSFERRING THE, THE, THE HIGH, UM, AMOUNT OF TURF THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS INTO MORE REGENERATIVE, SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.
SO WE HAD GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION THAT NIGHT.
UM, THE TEAM FROM DAILY ACTS HERE IS BACK.
WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST PROJECT IN THE SPRING IDENTIFIED.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO HERE IS HEAR ABOUT THE FINAL CONCEPT PLANS WALK YOU THROUGH IN THE LEVEL OF DETAIL.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE US TONIGHT.
UM, BUT THIS IS OUR PRIORITY FOR OUR FIRST PROJECT TO CONDUCT THIS SPRING.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, I'LL INTRODUCE LIZ, UH, AND HAVE HER KIND OF INTRODUCE THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS FROM DAILY ACTS.
I'M THE CLIENT RESILIENCE PROGRAM MANAGER AT DAILY ACTS, AND I'LL ACTUALLY LET MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I'M THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER.
I AM THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
I'M THE LAND RESILIENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS COORDINATOR AS WELL.
UH, SO DREW, YOU STARTED US OFF STRONG SETTING SOME CONTEXT.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ME WALK PARK.
WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT HIGH LEVEL, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW OR NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER.
DAILY ACTS IS A SMALL AND MIGHTY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO INSPIRE TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIONS THAT CREATE MORE CONNECTED, EQUITABLE AND CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
THROUGH OUR CITY CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER FREE AND SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMMING THAT PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO LIVE A RICH AND FULL LIFESTYLE WHILE ALSO HAVING A SMALLER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE REFER TO AS LRP, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JESS TO DESCRIBE LRP IN MORE DETAIL.
SO, THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP, LRP, UH, BUILDS CLIMATE AND DROUGHT RESILIENCE THROUGH DESIGN AND INSTALLATION SUPPORT THROUGH A VARIETY OF INTERVENTIONS.
THE GOALS FOR THE GRANT ARE 150 RESIDENTIAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, 70 RESIDENTIAL INSTALLS, FIVE PUBLIC PARK INSTALLATIONS, AND ALSO, UM, COINCIDING
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WITH THE PARK INSTALLATIONS.WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM ANOTHER, UH, FUND SOURCE FOR, FOR SCHOOL INSTALLS.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY, UM, ALONG WITH THE PARKS.
UM, THE PRIORITY AREAS IS THE EAST SIDE OF PETALUMA, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, FOCUSED ON DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AND OUR TIMEFRAME IS TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED BY DECEMBER, 2025.
UM, WE WORK WITH A VARIETY OF LOCAL AND STATEWIDE PARTNERS.
THESE ARE A FEW, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE WE DID COORDINATE WITH RELIEF AS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, WITH THE TREE PLANTING, TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, AND THEY'RE GOOD WORK AT THE PARKS AS WELL.
AND, UM, THE FIVE PUBLIC PARKS, UM, THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ARE, AS WE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, IS MINOK PARK IN THE SPRING COMING UP, UM, LAW TO PARK IN THE FALL 2024 MCDOWELL PARK, SPRING 2025, AND LOU CASEY AND SUNRISE PARKS.
SO WITH ALL OF DAILY ACTS PROGRAMMING, YOU CAN EXPECT US TO HAVE A FOCUS ON WATER CONSERVATION, BUILDING SOIL AND COMMUNITY, AND SUPPORTING POLLINATOR HABITAT.
BUT AGAIN, THE LRP PROGRAM IS ALLOWING US TO REALLY EXPAND OUR REACH, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF INSTALLATION PROJECTS.
AS WE ARE AWARE TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON ME WALK PARK.
UH, ME WALK PARK IS ADJACENT TO ME WALK SCHOOL, AS JESS ME MENTIONED THROUGH ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO INSTALL A SIMILAR, UH, HABITAT CORRIDOR AND MIMIC THE PARK DESIGN OVER AT THE SCHOOL.
THAT GRANT FUNDING WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO INSTALL SOME RAINWATER CATCHMENT.
SO WE HAVE A, A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO HARNESS A LOT OF MOMENTUM OVER AT ME, WALK, PARK AND SCHOOL.
UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LANDSCAPE OR WHETHER YOU ARE OR NOT, THERE IS A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT SEPARATES THE PARK AND THE SCHOOL.
OUR DESIGN IS GOING TO BE MIMICKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING A LOW WATER USE HABITAT CORRIDOR.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED.
OUR INSTALLATION PROJECT IS GOING TO BEGIN BY SHEET MULCHING TO HELP TO SUPPRESS WEEDS, DECOMPOSE THE LAWN IN PLACE, AND RETAIN SOIL MO SOIL MOISTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE RETROFITTING THE SPRINKLERS TO INSTALL DRIP IRRIGATION AND INSTALL BUBBLERS SO THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED ON THE LANDSCAPE VIA RELIEF ARE GOING TO BE IRRIGATED.
WE HAVE CAREFULLY SELECTED LOW WATER USE AND HABITAT PROVIDING PLANTS.
AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LANDSCAPE, WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING A RAIN GARDEN TO HELP TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE FLOODING ON THIS SITE.
THIS DETAILED SITE PLAN SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE SONOMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS, M THREE TO DO ALL OF THE NECESSARY PREPARATION WORK FOR THIS SITE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE HELPING WITH THE MO STRIP IRRIGATION RETROFITS, UH, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL WORK OVER AT THE SCHOOL.
THIS MO STRIP DETAIL IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF OUR LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AS IT, UM, ALLOWS US TO BETTER COLLABORATE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THE MO STRIP IS GOING TO BE 20 FEET OFF OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE CONCRETE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT THE PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAM IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO EASILY MOW THE ENTIRE PARK SO THAT THERE IS A CLEAR DELINEATION BETWEEN OUR HABITAT CORRIDOR AND THE PARKS LANDSCAPE.
WE HAVE A RAIN GARDEN DETAIL INCLUDED AS WELL.
UH, THE RAIN GARDEN IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS A BIOSWALE.
THIS RAIN GARDEN FEATURE IS GOING TO BE A HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH, 10 FEET IN WIDTH, AND IS GOING TO BEGIN SIX FEET OFF OF A NEIGHBORING FENCE.
AGAIN, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CLEARANCE THAT IS NEEDED FROM THE PARKS MOW STRIP, OR EXCUSE ME, FROM THE PARKS MOWERS.
UH, THE RAIN GARDEN IS ALSO GOING TO BE PLANTED SO THAT WHEN IT DOES FILL WITH WATER, THE PLANTS THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE GOING TO HELP TO, UH, FILTER THE STORM WATER.
IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT WATER IS GOING TO PERCOLATE BACK INTO THE GROUND WITHIN 72 HOURS, AND ANY ADDITIONAL WATER IS GOING TO BE OVERFLOWED INTO A NEARBY STORM DRAIN.
NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MORGAN AND CODY TO GET TO THE EXCITING PARTS OF THIS INSTALLATION.
SO, YEAH, CODY AND I ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE PLANT DESIGN, WHAT WENT INTO SELECTING THE PLANTS, AND WE WE'LL GO OVER, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
SO AS WE STARTED DESIGNING THE LANDSCAPE, WE, UH, WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE HAVING A SIMILAR PLANT DESIGN FOR BOTH, BOTH SIDES, THE SCHOOL AND THE PARK, TO CREATE THAT ECOLOGICAL BRIDGE THAT, UH, LIZ WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE ALSO, UH, PRIORITIZE PLANT SELECTION FOR LOW MAINTENANCE.
SO NOT, UH, NOT NOT PLANTING HIGH MAINTENANCE SHRUBS THAT REQUIRE SEASONAL.
UH, A LOT OF SEASONAL PRUNING.
WE WENT WITH A LOT OF, UM, NATIVE GRASSES THAT ACTUALLY DON'T REQUIRE MUCH USE OTHER THAN MUCH MAINTENANCE OTHER THAN A QUICK, LIKE SHAVE SEASONALLY, UM, PLANT THAT WE, WE WANTED TO HAVE, UH, DENSE PLANTINGS IN ORDER TO INCREASE WEED SUPPRESSION.
THE IDEA IS THAT ALL OF THE PLANTS WILL GROW IN AFTER TWO TO THREE YEARS, AND ONCE IT'S FULLY
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ESTABLISHED, IT WILL SHADE OUT, UM, ANY COMPETING WEEDS.ADDITIONALLY, THE PLANTS ARE DESIGNED SO THAT THERE'S A YEAR LONG FLOWERING SCHEDULE, SO NO MATTER WHAT MONTH IT IS, THERE WILL BE A PLANT THAT'S BLOOMING AND ATTRACTING POLLINATORS.
UM, ALSO ALL OF THE PLANTS ARE LOW WATER USE, SO WE ONLY NEED ONE HYDRO ZONE.
THEY'RE ALL WILL BE ON THE SAME, UH, TIMER.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE PLANTS SELECTED FOR THE RAIN GARDEN ARE PLANTS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED IN INFILTRATING WATER FROM THE, FROM THE SURFACE INTO THE GROUND TABLE.
UM, WE'VE BROKEN UP THIS SITE INTO THREE SECTIONS, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE DIGESTIBLE.
UM, IN THAT WE DESIGNED THE NORTH, NORTH, UH, ENTRANCE TO BE A WELCOMING AND WARM SITE.
WE PLANNED TO HAVE HIGH FLOWERING, HIGH IMPACT PERENNIAL SHRUBS AND FLOWERS.
UM, THESE LOW GROWING PLANTS ARE GONNA BE EASY TO CUT BACK FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT ALLOW FOR POLLINATORS TO THRIVE HEAVILY IN THIS AREA.
SUCH PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE YARO, ISAP, BUCKWHEAT, UM, SILK TA TASSEL AND OTHERS.
AND IN THE MIDDLE ZONE THAT'S GOING TO TRANSITION FROM A LOW GROWING PERENNIAL LOOK TO, UH, SOME HIGHER, SOME HIGHER GROWING SHRUBS, SUCH AS ENO, THIS AND MANZANITA.
BUT IT'LL STILL HAVE THAT, THAT LOWER CANOPY WITH, UH, OR THAT LOWER GROUND COVER WITH LIKE THE ASTOR, THE CANYON PRINCE WILD RYE AND FESCUE, WHICH WERE THE, UH, THE GRASSES THAT I WAS MENTIONING.
AND LASTLY IS THE SOUTH ENTRANCE.
THIS ZONE IS GONNA BE, UH, SIMILAR TO THE MIDDLE ZONE, UH, WITH INCREASING LARGER SHRUBS IN PERENNIAL GRASSES THAT ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF POLLINATORS AND NATIVE BIRDS TO HAVE SANCTUARY AND EMULATED NATURAL CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE.
AND THEN FINALLY IN THE RAIN GARDEN, WE'VE SELECTED PLANTS SUCH AS CALIFORNIA GRAY RUSH, THE SEDGE, THE BLUE-EYED GRASS, AND THE YELLOW EYED GRASS TO BE IN THE ZONE WHERE WATER WILL BE PONDING.
AND THEN IN THE ZONE WHERE, WHERE, UH, IT'LL JUST BE ADJACENT TO THE PONDING WILL HAVE PLANTS SUCH AS ECHINACEA, ELDERBERRY, AND DOUGLAS IRIS, WHICH ALL OF THESE PLANTS HAVE CULTURAL RELEVANCE, UM, MEDICINAL BENEFITS, AND, UM, YEAH.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE, THE NORTH ENTRANCE PORTION OF THE PLANTING PLAN, WHICH IS ATTACH, WHICH IS IN THE ATTACHMENTS AS A PDF.
UM, IT IS, ALL OF THE CIRCLES REPRESENT DIFFERENT PLANTS, AND IT IS SCALED TO REPRESENT THE FULL EXTENT OF A MATURE PLANT.
SO WHILE IT LOOKS DENSE IN THIS SPACE THERE, UH, IT MU YOU MUST CONSIDER THE FACT THAT SOME PLANTS WON'T GROW TO GROW AS LARGE AS, AS LARGE AS, UH, THE MAX CAPACITY IS.
UM, THERE IS GENERALLY AN 80 TO 90% ATTRITION RATE WITH THE PLANTS THAT ARE PLANTED.
UM, AND ALSO THIS DOESN'T REALLY CAPTURE THE, LIKE 3D SCALE.
SOME OF THESE PLANTS ARE HIGHER GROWING AND SOME OF THE PLANTS ARE LIKE ACTUALLY JUST GROUND COVERS THAT, UM, THAT COULD, THAT WILL BE.
SO THERE, THERE'LL BE THAT LEVEL OF SCALE, BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PLANTING PLAN IS LIKE.
AND, UM, IF YOU WANT TO DIG IN DEEPER, THERE IS THE FULL PLANTING PLAN ATTACHED, UM, IN THE ATTACHMENTS.
UM, SO THE MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATIONS AS A WHOLE FOR THE SITE, WE ARE GOING TO, THE WEEDING IS GOING TO BE, UM, NECESSARY THROUGHOUT, UM, DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE YEAR.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO PRIORITIZE, UH, OR THIS IS GOING TO NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED AS THE PLANT'S ESTABLISHED AND SHADE OUT THAT GROUND SO THE WEEDS CAN'T GROW UP.
MULCH APPLICATION IS GOING TO BE NEEDING TO BE REAPPLIED EVERY TWO YEARS.
PLANT CARE, WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANT CARE WAS MINIMAL, UM, BUT FOR THE SEASONAL AND PERENNIAL PLANTS, ALLOWING THE LEAF LITTER TO STAY ON SITE, UH, TO KIND OF SUPPLEMENT THAT IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO YEARS OF MULCHING.
UH, AND THEN ALSO REQUIRED WINTER PRUNING.
SO ALL THE PERENNIAL PLANTS DO DIE OFF, UM, AT CERTAIN, AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO KIND OF CHOPPING THEM OFF, UH, WITH HEDGER OR WITH CROONERS, HOWEVER IT NEEDS TO BE.
UH, WITH THE RAIN GARDENS, IT'S JUST CLEARING THE DEBRIS FROM THE OVERFLOW, WHICH IS A DRAIN, UH, A STORM DRAIN.
AND SO THAT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT NO LEAF LITTER IS COLLECTING ON TOP OF IT OR AROUND IT RIGHT BEFORE A RAINSTORM.
AND THEN IRRIGATION, MAKING SURE THAT IRRIGATION IS TURNED OFF DURING THE WINTERTIME.
AND THEN, UH, IN THE SPRINGTIME, CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAS BEEN DAMAGED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST WATER CONSERVED.
AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL BRING A LOT OF, UH, BENEFITS TO THE SPACE.
SO THE EXIST, UH, OUR CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT THE EXISTING LAWN, UM, THAT PORTION OF LAWN USES TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN FIVE, UH, THOUSAND 550 GALLONS PER YEAR.
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WHEREAS A LANDSCAPE WITH, UH, MULCH AND CLIMATE APPROPRIATE PLANTS USED 35,710 GALLONS A YEAR, WHICH EQUATES TO 191,840 GALLONS SAVED PER YEAR ON, UM, ON THE LANDSCAPE, WHICH IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER AND CAN HELP, UH, CAN HELP US REACH WATER CONSERVATION GOALS.UM, ADDITIONAL CO-BENEFITS INCLUDE REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES FROM NOT NEEDING TO LIKE MOW THE SPACE, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE MOWER'S RUNNING, INCREASE SOIL HEALTH.
UM, BY, BY CREATING HEALTHY SOILS, WE INCREASE CARBON SEQUESTRATION FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.
UM, AND, AND WE ALSO CULTIVATE PUL, UH, A HABITAT FOR BIRDS, INSECTS, AND CRITTERS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE BIOSWALE WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF AND RUNOFF THAT IS GOING TO THE STORM DRAIN, WHICH ULTIMATELY, UM, REDUCES LIKE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION THAT MAKES IT TO THE PETALUMA RIVER WATER WATERSHED.
AND, UH, INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF, UH, NATURAL FILTRATION BENEFITS THAT LANDSCAPES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
UH, WE, DUE TO THE LARGE SITE, UH, SIZE, WE ARE NEEDING TO PLANT QUITE A FEW PLANTS.
IT'S LOOKING UP TO BE ABOUT 1500 TO 1600 PLANTS NEEDED FOR THIS SITE.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, ASKING THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO COME AND JOIN US IN THOSE PLANTING DAYS.
SO MEWA PARK, WE WILL BE PLANTING, UH, ON MAY 10TH BETWEEN 1:00 PM AND 5:00 PM AND THEN ON THE MEWA SCHOOL SIDE, WE'LL BE PLANTING ON MAY 18TH, UH, AT 9:00 AM AND 2:00 PM ANYONE HERE WANTS TO COME AND JOIN US.
YOU CAN SIGN UP AT OUR, UH, WEBPAGE AT UPCOMING EVENTS.
AND YEAH, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UH, MEGAN, YOU CAN GO FIRST.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU'RE INVOLVING THE SCHOOL IN THE PLANTING.
UM, SO FOR THE SCHOOL, THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE CONTRACTORS, AS WE'VE BEEN DESIGNING THE PLANT LANDSCAPE, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, INVOLVING THE SCHOOL IN ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO WHEN IT CAME TO DECIDING WHAT PLANTS TO USE, WE MADE SURE THAT NOTHING WAS POISONOUS OR HARMFUL.
WE MADE SURE THAT NOTHING WAS, UM, SHARP, UH, HAVING THORNS.
WE'VE ALSO, ON THE SCHOOL SIDE, THE MOST STRIP IS NOT CONCRETE, IT'S REDWOOD.
UM, AND SO HOW WE'VE BEEN KIND OF INTERACTING IS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLANTING DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING TEACHERS, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO THE PTA, UM, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY COME TO AND START PLANTING.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR, DOMINIC LAZARO, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO IDENTIFY THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL JULIO VILLALOBOS TO, UH, ORGANIZE OUTREACH TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
AND HE'S GOING, WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE, UH, SCIENCE TEACHER THAT IS VERY ENGAGED AND WANTS TO USE THE LANDSCAPE WITHIN THEIR CURRICULUM.
I, I, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, I THINK IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH YOU'RE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREATER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS, LIKE THE SCIENCE TEACHER, BUT ARE, HAVE THE KIDS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CHOICES OF PLANTS AND THE EDUCATION BEHIND THE PLANTS AND AND WHATNOT? IS THAT A PART OF IN THE PLANTING? ARE THE KIDS A PART OF THAT PROCESS? AND SO WITHIN THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO INTERFACE WITH THE, LIKE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEMSELVES.
HOWEVER, WE ARE HOPING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PTA, THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH A SCIENCE TEACHER THAT'S, UH, ENGAGED THROUGH THE PLANTING DAY, WHICH WILL, UH, LIKE THE GOAL FOR THE ME WALK SCHOOL PLANTING DAY IS TO JUST GET THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO SHOW OUT.
UM, SO THAT WE ARE EDUCATING ABOUT WHAT PLANTS ARE GOING IN.
WE ARE, WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN FOLKS ARE INVOLVED IN LIKE THAT INSTALLATION PROCESS, THAT THAT WILL IN INDOCTRINATE LIKE SOME SENSE OF LIKE OWNERSHIP OVER THE SPACE, WHICH IS BENEFICIAL FOR, FOR ALL.
AND I ALSO JUST FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BEING A STEWARD OF LAND AS A CHILD LIKE MAKES YOU, IS JUST LIKE REALLY GREAT GREAT.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AWESOME OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I WOULD ALSO PIGGYBACK ON, ON ALL OF THIS AS A FOLLOW UP TO THESE PROJECTS.
WE FOLLOW UP WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERS AS FAR AS A MAINTENANCE PLAN.
AND A BIG PIECE OF THAT IS THE COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP.
UM, SO FOR THE SCHOOLS HAVING, YOU KNOW, WEEDING DAYS OR MAINTENANCE DAYS SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO WHEN INVOLVE THE KIDS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING THE ADOPT, ADOPT A PARK MODEL FOR THE PARKS, JUST TO, PART OF THE VALUES OF THE LRP PROGRAM IS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO THAT COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP.
SO JUST CONTINUING THAT CYCLE THROUGHOUT THE, THE PROJECT.
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THAT WAS COMMISSIONER GREENSPANANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UM, COUNCILPERSON NOW.
I AM THE DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBER AND I LIVE OFF OF ON BERRY DALE, BUT MY CHILDREN ATTENDED ME WALK SCHOOL AND WE'RE, MY SON AND I BOTH LIVE ON BERRY DALE.
HE LIVES IN ONE AND I LIVE ON THE OTHER.
AND WE ARE PART OF THE COOL PETALUMA BLOCK LEADERS.
AND WE COULD DISTRIBUTE FLYERS TO THE NEIGHBORS EXPLAINING IF YOU HAVE ONE AVAILABLE.
UM, I'M ALSO
THERE WAS SOMEBODY DRIVING ON THE LAWN AND IT BROKE THE SPRINKLER.
IT FLOODED THE LAWN LAST SUMMER AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME OUT AND TURN OFF THE IRRIGATION TO THE PARK.
AND I AM THE, THE, THE NEIGHBOR THAT, UM, TELLS PEOPLE, PLEASE PUT YOUR DOG ON A LEASH.
WE NEED MORE SIGNAGE, WE NEED MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNAGE.
EXPLAINING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT TYPES OF PLANTS THAT IT'S NOT, UM, A DOG RUN PARK.
AND I THINK THEY WILL COME OUT, THEY CAME OUT FOR THE RELIEF TREE PLANTING.
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO TIRED IN MY LIFE DIGGING IN THAT ADOBE PLANTING TREES.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY AND IT WAS REALLY HARD.
AND WE DID IT AT THE SCHOOL AND IN THE PARK AND I THINK I SURVIVED THREE HOLES.
SO, UM, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING REFRESHMENTS, THE NEIGHBORS WOULD PROBABLY LOVE TO SUPPLY SOME.
I KNOW ONE LADY, UM, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE, UH, HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.
SHE GAVE A CHUNK OF CHANGE TO RELIEF AND BROUGHT COOKIES DOWN DURING THE PLANTING AND WAS VERY, UM, INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, PRAISING THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR WORK.
AND I THINK IT WAS A ROTARY CLUB THAT ALSO PARTICIPATED.
SO IF YOU REACH OUT TO THOSE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK SOME OF THEM LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M, I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES.
SO ONE OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS IS REBUILDING TOGETHER WHO ALSO PARTNERS WITH RELIEF.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM AS A PARTNER, ESPECIALLY WITH A VOLUNTEER FORCE.
AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS FAR AS GETTING SIGN, UM, FLYERS AND INFORMATION FOR YOU TO DISTRIBUTE.
ONE OTHER THING, THERE'S A PARK NOT MENTIONED IN YOUR, UM, YOUR CURRENT LIST OF PARKS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING.
AND THERE'S A VERY ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY COULD USE YOUR RAIN GARDEN.
THEY HAVE AN AREA THAT'S CONSTANTLY WET AND THEY HAVE THE PURPLE PIPING 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE PARK CLOSEST TO ELLIS CREEK.
AND IT'S A NEWER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN A POLLINATOR GARDEN IN CONTAINERS, UM, STARTING THIS SPRING.
SO THAT'S A PARK TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE'RE NOT FINISHED, DON'T WORRY.
UM,
AND THEN ALSO, NORMALLY THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT WE RUN THE MEETING, BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY WANTED TO DO, UM, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
SO WE'RE GONNA ALLOW TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH KIDS AND ALL OF THAT JAZZ.
AND I DIDN'T WANNA SEND THE FAMILIES AWAY
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THOSE.
SO, UH, JOLENA POWELL, SHE'S REPRESENTING A SWIM CLUB.
THANK YOU STACY, FOR, UH, GIVING US A MOMENT.
SO WE'RE REPRESENTING AC SWIM CLUB, WHICH FOR SOME OF OUR SWIMMERS.
AND, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO, UM, EXPRESS HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND ADORE THE POOL AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MANY OF THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HOPEFULLY, UM, OUR TEAM WILL BE GROWING THROUGH THE SPRING AND SUMMER, AND SO WE'LL HAVE LOTS MORE, UH, KIDS LOVING THE POOL AS WELL.
UM, THEY KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HERE IS AWARE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES AT THE POOL, UM, INCLUDING LIGHTING, GENERAL CLEANLINESS, THE HEATERS.
UM, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THOSE ARE STILL SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE ADDRESSED MORE LIGHTING, UM, INCLUDING UNDER THE, IN, UNDER THE WATER LIGHTING.
UM, AND ON THE DECK IT NEEDS DARKER EVENINGS.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY DARK OUT THERE
SO, UM, AND THE GENERAL CLEANLINESS AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE HEATERS ARE A KNOWN ISSUE ALREADY AND SO WE APPRECIATE
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THAT BEING, UM, ADDRESSED AND WORKED ON.WE WANNA IMPROVE IT AND HAVE A SAFE, UM, AND CLEAN SPACE FOR OUR KIDS.
WHAT'S REALLY FUNNY IS I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE HERE FOR VOLLEYBALL AND THEN I GOT THE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS AND THEIR, THEIR SWIM AND SWIM IS ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA ROLL WITH IT.
SORRY TO GO OUT OF ORDER, I'M JUST GONNA CONTINUE.
THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, JANICE CUNNINGHAM.
I SENT A LETTER, UH, BROUGHT A LETTER DOWN HERE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON THE AGENDA OR NOT, HOWEVER, I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SPEAK.
UH, I TOO AM A SWIMMER, SO WHETHER YOU'RE THIS BIG OR THIS BIG, UM, WE STILL LOVE THE POOL.
AND, UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT I BROUGHT DOWN, WHICH LISTED SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS, WHICH HOPEFULLY YOU'RE AWARE OF.
UM, YES, WE HAVE WATER TEMPERATURE OVER 72 DEGREES.
THANK GOODNESS THAT WAS PAINFUL.
THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, AND I'M SURE THERE'S NOTHING THAT I'M BRINGING FORTH THAT'S, THAT'S NEW.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP.
IT'S REALLY DILAPIDATED LOOKING.
I HEARD SOME NEW SWIMMERS SAY THE OTHER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN THE MORNING, OH, THIS IS SUCH A GREAT POOL, IT'S TOO BAD THEY'VE LET IT GO TO POT SO MUCH.
SO I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE TIME.
UM, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT I CAN ADD TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
LIKE I SAID, I BROUGHT A LETTER DOWN WITH SIGNATURES FROM A LOT OF US EARLY MORNING SWIMMERS WHO, UM, ARE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE BEFORE THE POOL WAS BUILT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SWIM UNTIL I CAN NO LONGER DO SO, WHICH SHOULD BE A GOOD LONG WHILE.
SO HOPEFULLY LET'S MAKE IT NOT HAVE A COMPOST PILE ON THE BOTTOM THAT SHOULD GO WITH THE GARDENING PEOPLE.
AND THERE SHOULD BE NO, UH, YELLOW HMONG, AS MY KIDS SAY, GROWING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL, UH, WHICH IS, IF IT'S SURFACED, IT SHOULD BE.
SO THE CITY NEEDS TO KEEP OUR WONDERFUL POOL, WHICH IS THE BEST ONE AROUND UP AND FUNCTIONING.
AND THANK YOU FOR TYING IT BACK TOGETHER.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, AND, AND BY THE WAY, UM, STICK AROUND BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I HAD THOUGHT THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MAYBE WERE TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO THE AQUATICS, UH, THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THIS, SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE MINOK PARK? NO.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
UM, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS AS OPPOSED TO QUESTIONS? OKAY, COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA REITERATE MY EXCITEMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM, THIS PROJECT.
UM, ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR, UM, SITES TO ASSESS? IS THE CALL STILL OUT FOR THAT? YEAH, FOR OUR RESIDE FOR RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.
WE, YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO, ANECDOTALLY PERSONALLY, I GOT MY SITE ASSESSED MY HOME, UM, BY MORGAN AND I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
IT'S REALLY COOL JUST HAVING DAILY ACTS COME OUT ONTO YOUR PROPERTY AND SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR PROPERTY.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET SELECTED, IT'S REALLY COOL YOU GET A LIST OF PROJECTS AND SO ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION AND JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO DO THAT, IT'S, IT'S JUST AWESOME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I HOPE THAT ME WALK THE KIDS REALLY COME OUT, SHOW UP AND CAN BE INVOLVED LONG TERM.
'CAUSE FOR SOME OF THEM THEY'LL BE THERE FOR YEARS AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE GROWTH AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY MAGICAL.
AND YEAH, JUST ONE THOUGHT FOR THE SCHOOL, LIKE MAYBE COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL TO HAVE IT HAPPEN DURING A SCHOOL DAY.
IF FAMILIES CAN'T MAKE IT ON THE WEEKENDS DUE TO, YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW THAT ALL THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE THERE.
THEY CAN COME PLANT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, JUST MAKE IT LIKE A FUN END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR KIND OF THING OR, SO THAT'S JUST MY ONLY THOUGHT ON THAT.
WE COULD ALSO JUST MENTION WE'RE WORKING WITH REBUILDING TOGETHER AND THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP, UM, BOTH THE PARKS VOLUNTEER DAY AND THE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER DAY ARE GONNA BE OFFERING FOOD.
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SO ANY KIDS THAT DO SHOW UP, THEY CAN HAVE A FREE MEAL AND A FREE T-SHIRT.I KNOW
MAKE SURE TO GET IN THE, UM, PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS COMMUNICATION EMAIL THAT GOES OUT, THAT GOES OUT ON FRIDAYS, I BELIEVE.
I'M SURE IT'LL BE IN THE ME WALK NEWSLETTER, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO AMY FIJI AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETTING IT OUT THROUGH HER.
SO IT WENT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS, UM, AMAZING WORK.
SO WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PLANNED AND WHATNOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO.
YOU, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE.
UM, I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD LIKE SAVE A FEW PLANTS FOR A SCHOOL DAY, AND THEN I OPENED UP MY CALENDAR AND, AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
SO MOVING ON
WHAT I REALLY LIKED IS THAT, UM, ONE OF MY COMMENTS LAST TIME WAS LIKE GETTING INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE WOULD BE NECESSARY.
AND I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS CAME BACK AND REALLY GAVE US LIKE EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE MAINTAINED.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE YOU CHANGED SOME THINGS OR MAYBE YOU DIDN'T, OR MAYBE IT WAS PERFECT ALREADY.
BUT, UM, THAT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING ASPECT AND THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT, IT REALLY HELPS.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW, CINDY AND HER TEAM AND, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF EVERYTHING UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S EXPECTED.
UM, AND IT JUST CAME BACK A LOT MORE WELL THOUGHT OUT.
OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO PRESENTATION NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY, BMX.
WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY BMX PROJECT INITIATIVE AIMED AT CONSTRUCTING A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BIKE PARK WITHIN THE INTERIOR TRACK OF THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY AND BOBBY ESQUIVEL.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? YES.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH US.
DREW, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTRODUCTIONS THAT YOU WANNA DO? UM, THANK YOU CHAIR.
YEAH, NO, I'LL KEEP THIS REAL BRIEF.
UM, EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, BOBBY, AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE, UH, YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
UM, BUT THIS IS REALLY A, A GRASSROOTS EFFORT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR TONIGHT AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, THIS INITIATIVE IS UP TO KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
THERE ALSO ARE ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA IN ADDITION TO THE SLIDE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN THOSE, UM, THEY WERE POSTED.
UM, AND PLEASE CHECK 'EM OUT OR FOLLOW ALONG.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LET BOBBY, UH, INTRODUCE HIS TEAM WITH HIS OFFICIAL TITLE AS TRACK DIRECTOR FOR PETALUMA SPEEDWAY, BMX.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? THANKS FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.
UM, AS MENTIONED, I AM THE TRACK DIRECTOR FOR THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY BMX PROJECT.
AND, UH, THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE HERE, KRISTEN JOYCE.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR SPEEDWAY, BMX.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT IS BMX RACING? RIGHT, SO BMX RACING IS TYPICALLY A TRACK.
IT'S A SHORT COURSE THAT'S RACED BY BICYCLES, UM, OF ALL, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE OF ALL AGES.
UM, THIS TYPICALLY ANY RACE WOULD HAVE UP TO EIGHT RACERS AT ONE TIME, UH, RACING THROUGH THIS COURSE THAT HAS FOUR STRAIGHTS AND THREE TURNS.
UM, IT COULD VARY, UH, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, LAYOUT.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS THE OLYMPIC RIO TRACK.
UM, THIS IS A SUPERCROSS TRACK, WHICH IS A, UH, VERY EXTREME, UH, COURSE.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT BMX IS, BMX RACING IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST AN ACTIVITY TO GET PEOPLE OUTSIDE, RIGHT? BMX RACING IS SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO AND GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING.
UH, MOST TRACKS ARE RAN BY VOLUNTEERS.
UM, THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET UP, GET OUT, MEET THEIR COMMUNITY, HELP OUT, UM, EVEN, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE INTO SOME MENTORS, UH, TO INDIVIDUALS.
UH, BMX RACING ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, ATHLETES COULD POSSIBLY GET A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO.
UM, THIS SPORT IS ALSO AN OLYMPIC SPORT.
UM, OUR VERY OWN DONNIE ROBINSON, WHO'S A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, IN NORTH BAY, UH, BMX LOCATED IN NAPA, IS A BRONZE MEDALIST.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE UNLIMITED.
SO, AS FAR AS DESCRIBING WHAT BMX IS, IT'S REALLY HARD, AND I CAN GO ON FOREVER ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY BMX RACING IS.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS ALL YOU'LL NEED IS A HELMET, A BICYCLE, LONG SLEEVE SHIRT, AND SOME PANTS, AND JUST THE WILL TO WANT TO GET OUTSIDE AND HAVE SOME FUN.
SO, PETALUMA SPEEDWAY HAS BEEN OFFERING US RACING SINCE 1963.
UM, MY DAD USED TO RACE AT THIS TRACK, SO I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR IT.
UM, BUT RACING ONLY OCCURS 30 NIGHTS OUTTA THE YEAR.
SO WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO WITH THE TRACK TO UTILIZE IT MORE, USE IT FOR MORE DAYS
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OF THE YEAR, GET MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE.UM, THAT'S ADDING BMX RACING A SUPER FUN WAY FOR KIDS AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES, ALL DEMOGRAPHICS TO COME, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
UM, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, OUR DIRT TRACK IS SUPER UNIQUE.
THERE ARE NOT MANY OF THEM LEFT HERE, SO WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE IT.
AND THERE ARE NO BMX TRACKS RIGHT NOW IN SONOMA OR MARIN.
UM, THE CLOSEST ONE IS NAPA NORTH BAY BMX, WITH DONNIE, UM, WHO WE LOVE.
BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING CLOSER TO HOME.
ALRIGHT, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THE BMX TRACK INSIDE THE CIRCLE OVAL, UH, THE DIRT OVAL.
UM, IT HAS FOUR STRAIGHTS AND THREE TURNS.
UM, IN THE PICTURE HERE, YOU DO SEE THAT THERE IS ASPHALT TURNS.
UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY.
UM, THE COURSE LENGTH FROM THE CENTER OF EACH STRAIGHT GOING FROM START TO FINISH IS 950 FEET, WHICH IS AWESOME.
THAT IS A GREAT SIZE TRACK FOR THE, UH, INFIELD OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH.
ALL RIGHT, SO OUR MISSION WITH SPEEDWAY BMX IS TO CULTIVATE AND SUPPORT A MULTI-GENERATIONAL, UH, BMX COMMUNITY CYCLING COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE OUR AUTOMOTIVE, UH, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
UM, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BRING, YOU KNOW, CYCLING AND AUTOMOTIVE TOGETHER AND, AND JUST BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THE FACILITY, RIGHT? UM, THE, THERE'S MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR A, UH, YOU KNOW, BMX TRACK TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT OUTLETS FOR YOUTH.
UM, AND IT'LL ALSO GO HAND IN HAND WITH OUR NEW SKATE PARK THAT WE'RE GETTING HERE IN TOWN, ALONG WITH THE SONOMA, UH, MAX, I'M SORRY, WHAT IS IT? UH, MAXWELL FARMS REGIONAL PUMP TRACK THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP.
SO HAVING ALL THREE OF THESE IN SUCH A LOCATION THAT'S CLOSE TO ALL OF US IS, IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO AS KRISTEN SAID, THE BMX TRACK IN A CENTER OF A DIRT OVAL TRACK HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
UM, THIS SPARKS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, NOT JUST THE CYCLING BMX RACING COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, E EVERYWHERE FROM, UH, UKIAH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTH BAY WHERE I'M ORIGINALLY FROM, ACTUALLY.
UM, SO EVERYBODY'S VERY EXCITED.
UM, AS MENTIONED, THE SPEEDWAY ONLY RUNS 30 TIMES A YEAR, RIGHT? SO OUR GOAL, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH PROPER PLANNING, WE COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RUN THE FACILITY 250 DAYS.
AND THAT COMES FROM, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, SCHEDULES, WHICH I'LL GO IN A LATER SLIDE, BUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, COMMUNITY, UH, FREE COMMUNITY RIDE DAYS, UH, SANCTIONED RACES, UM, ET CETERA.
SO, AS MENTIONED, HERE'S JUST KIND OF A ROUGH DRAFT OF WHAT THE SCHEDULE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THINGS CAN BE CHANGED.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR NEIGHBORING TRACKS, WHICH IS UKIAH.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, UH, UKIAH, RUSTY BULL IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES FROM US UP NORTH, RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE A DISTANCE, UM, ALONG WITH NAPA, WHO IS ON A GOOD DAY WITH NO TRAFFIC, 30 MINUTES, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK CLOSELY.
YEAH, WELL, DEPENDS, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, ALONG WITH THE SPEEDWAY, UH, DIRECTOR AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UTILIZE AND BRING AS MUCH, UH, EVENTS AND, UH, TO THE, TO THE FACILITY AS POSSIBLE.
SO BASICALLY, WE REALLY WANNA INCREASE PUBLIC USE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS BY BRINGING THIS BMX TRACK HERE.
WE WANT TO ESPECIALLY SERVE, UM, UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES.
ALL OF OUR CORRESPONDENCE IS GOING TO BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE WANNA HAVE THIS BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY, UH, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE LOANER BIKES, LOANER GEAR AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO USE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A BIKE.
UM, LEARNING HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, HOW TO TUNE UP YOUR BIKE, UH, BRING YOUR LEGAL GUARDIAN ALONG.
UM, ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TRAIN STATION AND THE FREEWAY EXIT RIGHT THERE, WE'RE SUPER EASY TO GET TO.
AND IF FAMILIES ARE COMING HERE TO USE OUR AMAZING TRACK, THEY'RE ALSO VISITING THE STORES, THE RESTAURANTS HERE IN PETALUMA, AND BRINGING MORE BUSINESS TO, UM, OUR WONDERFUL PETALUMA BUSINESSES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE PICTURE HERE, UM, DISPLAYED IS A CLINIC, UH, WHICH WAS HOSTED BY, UH, BAY AREA BM XERS, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT OUT IN OAKLAND.
UM, AND THAT'S AT THE SANTA CLARA TRACK.
SO THE IMPORTANCE OF US PARTNERSHIP WITH U-S-A-B-M-X.
SO U-S-A-B-M-X IS THE NORTH AMERICA NATIONAL SANCTIONING BODY FOR BMX RACING.
THEY HANDLE EVERYTHING, UM, FOR THE TRACK, RIGHT? AND WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH U-S-A-B-M-X, IT'S ALLOWED US TO WORK WITH ACTION SPORTS DESIGN, WHICH IS A COMPANY WHO HAS DESIGNED OUR TRACK.
UM, HE HAS DESIGNED HUNDREDS OF TRACKS, UM, INCLUDING ALL OF NORTH AMERICA'S SUPERCROSS TRACKS.
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ROCK HILL.UM, I RACED THERE, OH MY GOODNESS, 2016 FOR THE USA TEAM, UH, FOR MY AGE GROUP.
SO THAT'S AN AMAZING ESTABLISHMENT.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH U-S-A-B-M-X, WE'RE ALSO GUARANTEED ONE STATE RACE EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS HUGE.
RIDERS COME IN, THEY GET THEIR QUALIFIER.
SO I KNOW ON MY NOTES HERE IT SAYS ABOUT 500 RIDERS FOR THE ONE STATE RACE.
HOWEVER, UM, I DID PULL SOME NUMBERS.
THE SANTA CLARA POWELL, UH, BMX TRACK, LAST STATE RACE HAD 800, WHAT WAS IT, 850 PARTICIPANTS, JUST WRITERS ALONE.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE SISTER, BROTHERS, AUNTS, WHOEVER COMES OUT.
SO THE POSSIBILITY TO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO THE FACILITY IS, IS, IS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE TRACK, UH, OPEN BY THE END OF SUMMER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE, WHEN WE GET THIS TRACK OPEN, WE HAVE OUR STATE RACE, WE DO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING A REGIONAL RACE, OR EVEN A NATIONAL NATIONALS OCCUR FROM JANUARY 1ST ALL THE WAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
SO BMX IS A HUGE, A HUGE SEASON, RIGHT? SO HAVING ONE OF THESE HUGE NATIONALS WOULD BRING EVEN MORE PEOPLE IN TO THE CITY AND HAVING A THREE DAY, UH, EVENT, UM, IS WHAT IT USUALLY NATIONAL HOLDS.
UM, OUR NEXT, SO AFTER, UH, SECURING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH U-S-A-B-M-X, WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, COMPLETED OUR INITIAL TRACK DESIGN, AND WE HAVE ALSO GENERATED IN KIND, UH, DONATIONS, UH, AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS TRACK.
UH, OUR NEXT STEPS HERE ARE TO GAIN MORE SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO OBTAIN ANY CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING PERMITS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE HANDLED ALONG WITH, UH, FINALIZING OUR, UH, SCHEDULE, RIGHT? AND EXACTLY WHAT THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, IS POSSIBLE.
SO, YES, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO REACH ME, PLEASE REACH OUT.
IT'S, UH, BOBBY@SPEEDWAYBMX.ORG.
I DO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, JOIN THE MAIL LIST FOR UPDATES.
UM, SPEEDWAY BMX.ORG IS THERE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT COMING UP APRIL 10TH AT THE LIBRARY, UM, FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO SEE AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE, EVEN SIGN UP, GET INVOLVED, UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO, TO HELP US OUT.
IT, YOU DIDN'T COME OFF AS NERVOUS.
NOW, NOW WE'RE GONNA GRILL YOU WITH THAT'S OKAY.
DO, I CAN COACH CROSSFIT, BUT I CAN'T GIVE A PRESENTATION, SO
SO, UH, I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? THANKS.
UM, JUST REGARDING LOGISTICS OF, UH, SCHEDULING AND HOSTING, AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE USA OR WHAT, WHAT WAS THE BUSA BM MIX? YES, YES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY COORDINATE? HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE CITY AND TOTALLY, YEAH.
WHAT ARE, YEAH, IF YOU COULD GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
SO, YEAH, SO DAILY, UH, SCHEDULES WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE VOLUNTEER STAFF AND THE BOARD THAT WE'RE CON UH, CONSTRUCTING RIGHT NOW.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THE TRACKS ARE USUALLY RAN ON ALL VOLUNTEERS.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO GET, UH, IF, IF, AND WHEN WE DO GET A HUGE NATIONAL OR REGIONAL EVENT LIKE THAT, U-S-A-B-M-X WILL COME IN AND THEN HANDLE ALL THE LOGISTICS FROM THERE, THE, THE VOLUNTEER GROUP WHO RUNS THE TRACK ON A DAILY BASIS WOULD THEN ASSIST AS NEEDED FOR THESE, FOR THESE LARGE EVENTS.
UH, STATE QUALIFIERS WOULD ALL BE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, USA BM X MIGHT SEND A, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY OUT TO COME HELP US.
ALL THE COMPUTER REGISTRATION PROGRAMMING IS ALL PROVIDED BY USA BM X, WHICH IS SUPER AWESOME.
UM, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH USAB MIX ALSO GETS US NATIONAL, UH, PUBLICITY FOR, FOR THESE RACES.
SO EVEN MORE PEOPLE COMING IN.
AND ARE YOU, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE, LIKE SUB TENANCY WORKS.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU PART OF THE SPEEDWAY LIKE ENTITY ORGANIZATION? OR ARE YOU KIND OF AN OFFSHOOT? YEAH.
BE KIND LIKE AN STRUCTURALLY WORK? YEAH, YEAH.
WE, WE DO LIKE AN OFFSHOOT, BUT WE'RE IN, IN WITH, UH, UH, CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH, WITH RICK IN THE SPEEDWAY.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF A DREW QUESTION, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF PROCESS, HOW WAS IT DECIDED THAT THAT SPACE WOULD BE USED FOR THIS AND WHAT ELSE? AND, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY ACCOLADES.
DURING MY COMMENTS, I'LL GIVE ACCOLADES, JUST, IT'S JUST QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT HOW WAS THAT DETERMINED THAT THE SPACE WOULD BE USED FOR THIS? AND WAS THIS SPACE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE? I, I MEAN, IS THIS WHERE MONSTER TRUCKS WAS AND ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF, AND HOW
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WAS IT, I, I GUESS TO ME PROCESS WISE, SHOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN A DECISION OF YEAH, YOU GOT WHAT I GOT I'M ASKING.UM, I CAN SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT.
THERE ARE EXECUTED SITE LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL TENANT THAT REMAINED OPERATING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS DURING THE TRANSITION, UM, FROM PRIOR MANAGEMENT.
SO EACH OF THOSE TENANTS, THE, THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY BEING ONE OF THEM HAS AN AGREEMENT.
AND WHAT'S KEY IS IT'S NOT AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF THE SITE, BUT IT DOES STIPULATE ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THEIR RACES, THE TIMES OF VIEW, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ON THE PROPERTY.
AND SO, BUT IT DOES LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, INCREASED ACCESS, THESE KIND OF POP-UP USES PILOT PROGRAMS. AND SO THE OTHER SET OF CRITERIA WE LOOK AT ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE KIND OF ESTABLISHED, UM, THAT KIND OF SETS WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES, UM, USES DO WE WANT TO SEE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE COMMUNITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN STEERING A MASTER PLAN.
SO WHAT DOES THAT THREE TO FIVE YEARS LOOK LIKE? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASING COMMUNITY ACCESS FOR RECREATION USE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THAT, THAT CRITERIA.
SO NOT EXCLUSIVE USE BY THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE BOBBY CONFIRMED THEY'RE IN CLOSE COORDINATION THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST BIG HURDLE IS GETTING ON BOARD.
AND THEN SECOND IS THERE'S, THERE'S NOT REALLY A BARRIER OR A CONFLICT OF USES THAT WE SEE, BUT THERE ARE LOGISTICS CERTAINLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE SPEEDWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS HISTORICALLY USED FOR FIREWORK STAGING, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT DISPLAY HAS MOVED AROUND THE PROPERTY DEPENDING ON THE YEAR AND THE NEEDS.
BUT THAT'S ONE, UM, LOGISTIC THAT I COULD THINK OF THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK, WORK OUT WITH BOBBY AND THEIR TEAM.
UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN ON THE MONSTER TRUCKS WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
SO WE ACTUALLY, UM, THE WAY WE PLAN THE TRUCK OR THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE BMX TRACK, UM, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COMMUNICATE WITH RICK, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE MONSTER TRUCKS THERE AND HAVE THE SHOW, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, WHICH ISN'T BAD, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, CHANGE UP THINGS A LITTLE.
UM, BUT OUR GOAL WHEN PLANNING THIS WAS TO KEEP IN MIND THE MONSTER TRUCKS.
I MEAN, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE MONSTER TRUCKS.
I THINK MY KIDS LOVE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A A FUN TIME.
SO, SO, SO IT'S DECIDED THAT THEY'RE USING THIS SPACE, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
WE, WE'VE NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, PERMITS FOR EXAMPLE, BEING SUBMITTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
WE'RE KIND OF LEARNING WITH YOU ALL WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS.
UM, BUT YES, IT'S NOT, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION PER SE THAT'S, UM, APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING THE PROJECT.
BUT, UM, THIS TYPE OF USE DEFINITELY FALLS WITH UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE RECREATION MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION, UM, FOR RECREATION CITYWIDE.
BUT THE, THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES IS WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITE LICENSE FOR THE SPEEDWAY AND WORKING THIS PROJECT CONCEPT WITHIN THAT EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH THE SPEEDWAY.
SO THEN, BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY, THERE WON'T BE, UM, PUBLIC SUPPORT IN TERMS OF DESIGN OF THE TRACK OR ANY OF THAT.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIVATE.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG THING TO PUT IN WITHOUT THAT PUBLIC INPUT AND TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 2020 END OF SUMMER THAT'S, WE'RE MOVING, YEAH, THEY'RE AMBITIOUS GROUP.
UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S SOME, SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE HAD.
I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING FOR US AT LEAST, IS SEE WHAT THE PLANS ARE, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY IN CONCEPT.
AND IF THERE ARE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT BACK, UM, AND WORK WITH BOBBY AND THEIR TEAM.
BUT YEAH, AT THIS POINT I'M NOT, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ON, ON WHICH DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT'S A CITYWIDE EFFORT ON FIGURING OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BARRIERS, ROADBLOCKS, COMMUNITY INPUT, WHERE TO GET INVOLVED.
UM, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A VERY, UM, SPECIALIZED DESIGN.
SO IT MIGHT FALL UNDER US, IT MIGHT FALL UNDER PLANNING COMMISSION, IT MIGHT FALL UNDER EVERYONE.
THERE MAY BE A, I MEAN, YES, CERTAINLY BUILDING AND PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN YOU SAID THAT IT'S A UNIQUE DESIGN, HAVING THE SPEEDWAY AROUND IT.
UM, WHAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE FANS? LIKE, ARE FANS NORMALLY PRETTY CLOSE? HOW DOES THAT WORK IN TERMS OF, ARE THE GRANDSTANDS VERSUS WHERE THE FANS ARE? ARE THEY ON THE TRACK? WILL THEY BE AROUND ON THE SPEEDWAY? IS THE DISTANCE CORRECT? YEAH, IN TERMS OF A BIG
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EVENT? WELL, I MEAN, WE PLAN TO UTILIZE EVERYTHING THAT THE SPEEDWAY HAS TO OFFER, RIGHT? THE GRANDSTAND, THE BACK STANDS, THE, UH, UH, ADMISSIONS BUILDINGS, THE RESTROOMS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.SO YES, AROUND THE GRANDSTANDS AND ALSO IN THE BACK LOT, UH, WHERE THE, THE STADIUM IS.
SO IT'S NOT TOO FAR OF A DISTANCE? NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? OH MY GOD, I JUST CALLED YOU COMMISSIONER
DOES THIS GO TO COUNCIL? I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW THE, THIS IS A NEW THING.
AND THE SKATE PARK CAME TO PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION AND THEN WENT TO COUNCIL.
SO DOES THIS ALSO, UM, MAYBE DREW CAN TELL US.
I, I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY, UM, UH, AN ITEM THAT I WOULD TAKE TO COUNCIL, EVEN IF, FOR A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS WITH SOME CONCEPT IDEAS, I'M SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEGAL MECHANISM TO OPERATE IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S COVERED AND THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS ARE PUT OUT.
AND, UM, THAT MAY BE AN AMENDMENT TO A SITE LICENSE.
THAT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
IT COULD BE A PSA, SO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S, IT'S A, A HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, UH, EXCITING PROJECT THAT DESERVES, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL LOOK AT IT, BUT YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOUR PEERS.
I'M, I AM ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE VIEWERSHIP AND GET MORE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION LIKE WE DID WITH THE SKATE PARK.
YOU'RE USING ONLY PRIVATE DONOR MONEY, NOT PUBLIC FUNDS.
AM I CORRECT AT AT IT'S ALL PRIVATE DONORS AT THIS TIME, YES.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY BIG DONOR, UM, WHICH IS GREAT.
I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BMX EXCEPT THAT I WENT TO, UM, PRINCE PARK AND THE KIDS HAD SET THEIR OWN UP.
AND I WAS LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN A PUBLIC PARK.
AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
AND I LISTENED TO THEM AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THERE IS A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE YOUTH ARE VERY EXCITED AND THEY HAD ADULTS HELPING THEM.
I MEAN, THEY PULLED UP WITH A PICKUP TRUCK AND, AND GOT EVERYTHING AND HAD REFRESHMENTS FOR, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS WERE THERE.
AND I'M LIKE SHAKING MY, YOU KNOW, SHAKING MY FINGER AT THEM AND, AND YOU KNOW, INFORMING THEM THAT THEY'RE RUINING THE LOT OF THE GROUND
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CONSIDERED DRAINAGE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A YEAR OF RAIN, SO IS THIS GONNA BE A YEAR ROUND OR ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO, I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC LAND, SO WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE DRAINAGE.
SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PLANNING, UH, IN THE TRACK.
AND, AND DRAINAGE IS DEFINITELY A KEY THING THAT WE HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, BMX RACING, THE SEASON STARTS JANUARY 1ST AND IT ENDS DECEMBER 15TH.
THERE'S A VERY SMALL BREAK THERE.
SO, UM, WITH THE PROPER DRAINAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE THE PLANS FOR THAT ALREADY.
AND, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SET TO BE OKAY FOR, FOR EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY ON THE ADOBE PLAY.
AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, THERE IS A BMX MOVIE THAT WAS FILMED BY ALI ASHFORD IN PETALUMA USING OUR SKATE PARK AND ST.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S A TRUE STORY, BUT I WAS LIKE, WOW, I GOTTA WATCH THIS.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BMX, BUT I GOT TO EDUCATED ON IT VERY FAST.
BUT IT'S A GREAT LOCAL FILM MOVIE REGARDING BMX.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, AT THIS MOMENT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT YOU IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN? YEAH, I MEAN, UM, JOINING OUR MAILING LIST, UH, SENDING EMAILS, WANTING TO GET INVOLVED, UH, IS A HUGE THING RIGHT NOW.
UM, A LOT OF DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE ON HOW BETTER TO GET INVOLVED.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHECK OUT, UH, THE SPEEDWAY BMX.ORG PAGE.
UH, AS SOON AS YOU PULL UP THE, YOU'RE PROMPTED TO, TO SIGN OUR MAILING LIST, AND SOON WE SEND OUT UPDATES AND, AND, AND NEEDS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO BECAUSE THIS IS, TO GO BACK TO THE FUNDING THING, UM, BMX HAVE
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TO BE DESIGNED, RIGHT? SO THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INPUT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE LIKE THE SKATE PARK.IS THAT LIKE KIND OF MY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THOSE DESIGNS AND WHEN I'VE SEEN, UM, OTHER DESIGNS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN SAY, I WANT THIS FEATURE, THAT FEATURE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, U-S-A-B-M-X KIND OF HAS LIKE A GUIDELINE AS TO WHAT A PROPER BMX TRACK SHOULD HAVE.
UM, BUT YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART IT'S PRETTY SET.
UH, ONCE YOU HAVE DESIGN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT GOES.
AND IT FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES FOR U-S-A-B-M-X TRACK, UH, U-S-A-B-M-X TRACK.
UM, THERE'S CERTAIN WIDTHS LENGTHS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT BY.
AND THEN, UM, ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE A COMMENT.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE ALONG TO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE AS THIS COMMISSION KNOWS, THERE'S A REAL LACK OF ACTIVITY AND PROGRAMMING FOR AGES LIKE 10 THROUGH 17.
AND I THINK THIS FITS IN REALLY WELL WITH JUST SOMETHING POSITIVE AND GREAT TO DO OUTSIDE.
AND IT'S A, YOU KNOW, RECREATION, IT'S, IT'S, LIKE DREW SAID, IT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES OF GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
UM, I, UM, I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, COMING AT IT FROM TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE AND WITH LOANER GEAR AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES TO STAY A PRIORITY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE PARKS COULD CAPTURE SOME AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, RENTAL FEES OR SOMETHING OFF OF PROJECTS LIKE THESE, BUT I THINK THAT'S BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE OF, OF WHY YOU'RE HERE.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT COMES UP A LOT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS ARE UNDERFUNDED AND, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT IF THERE IS A WAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE CON, YOU KNOW, BEING A SUBCONTRACTOR.
ARE YOU UNDER THIS UMBRELLA AND WHAT, UM, JUST WHO IS PROFITING OFF OF THIS? IS IT THAT, UM, LARGE COMPANY THAT IS CONTRACTED TO COME IN AND RUN THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, IS THIS, IS THIS MORE OF LIKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT? AND I, I HEAR THAT YOU ARE MOSTLY VOLUNTEER RUNS, SO THAT ALL SOUNDS GREAT.
UM, SO YEAH, I JUST WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO STAY SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BY THE COMMUNITY.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NONPROFIT AND YEAH.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE EVENTUALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO ORGANIZE OUR OWN NONPROFIT.
UM, WE ARE SUPPORTED RIGHT NOW BY HEALTHY PETALUMA FOR THIS, UM, UNTIL WE COULD BECOME OUR OWN NONPROFIT, WHICH IS SUPER AWESOME, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY BY THE COMMUNITY KIND OF PROJECT.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER BASED, RIGHT? SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A PASSION PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO SEE IT SUCCEED.
UM, I WANNA GIVE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RIGHT? WHEN I WAS A KID, BMX REALLY HELPED ME THROUGH A TOUGH TIME.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY SPECIAL.
UM, ESPECIALLY LIVING SO CLOSE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
I SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR BIKES AND, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO, TO HOP ON BOARD AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET THIS SUPPORTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND BRINGING THIS TO US TODAY.
UM, BUT WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
I SEE IT ALL THE TIME OF JUST TEENS WANDERING AIMLESSLY, UM, EVERYWHERE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, AND IT'S LIKE, AND THEN BRINGING THAT MONEY BACK INTO PETALUMA WITH HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS AND LIKE, THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET US TO FIX OUR FALL FIELDS SO WE CAN HOST TOURNAMENTS AND BRING IN THAT SAME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S, PEOPLE WOULD WAY RATHER BE HERE THAN IN MANTECA.
SO IT'S LIKE, LET'S CAPTURE WHAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE BUILDING HOTELS EVERYWHERE.
WITH PEOPLE FOR THE WEEKEND VISITING.
UM, WHAT IS A BMX TRACK MADE OUT OF? SORRY, I FORGOT TO ASK.
SO BMX TRACK IS, IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST SOME, YOU KNOW, GOOD QUALITY DIRT.
OR YOU CAN GO SUPER ALIVE AT LIKE, THE PICTURE WE HAVE WITH ASPHALT TURNS SLURRY, WHICH IS LIKE A TOP COAT OR LIMESTONE TOP COAT ON THE DIRT TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU JUST
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HAVE DIRT, YOU HAVE TO WATER, RIGHT? YEAH.WHEREAS IF WE DO THE SLURRY OR EVEN ASPHALT TURNS LATER ON, IT WOULD REDUCE THE USAGE OF WATER, MAKING THE MAIN MAINTENANCE A LOT LESS.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, SEALED AND TIGHT.
SO, UH, EVEN ON A RAINY DAY, YOU CAN GO OUT AND BLOW OFF THE WATER AND STILL HAVE A RACE, UH, TRACK THAT'S READY TO GO.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT SLURRY IS, 'CAUSE THEY PUT IT ALL OVER OUR STREETS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE OF THE SPACE.
UM, SO MY KIDS HAVE FRIENDS THAT GO OVER TO NAPA.
THEY HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S IN EUROPE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
AWESOME, RIGHT? YEAH, LIKE WHAT HE'S DOING IS AWESOME.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING IT HERE.
I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO BRING HERE AND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO BE OUTSIDE OF ALL AGES AND WHATNOT.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT.
UM, I THINK KEEPING EVERYONE UPDATED WOULD BE A GREAT THING, ESPECIALLY AROUND DESIGN AND WHATNOT AND, UM, ANYTHING PERMANENT, RIGHT? UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO MENTOR ME.
UM, IT'S A LOCAL UNDER PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER, UM, 250 MENTOR MENTEE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CONNECTION IN TERMS OF GETTING, UM, SOME DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN INTO THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND I ALSO, I, I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S WAYS OF CREATING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CREATE EXCITEMENT AND HELP WITH THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT THING.
NOW, UM, I SAID ALREADY EVERYTHING I NEED TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR, UM, BRINGING THIS FORWARD INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, UM, IT HAPPEN REALITY.
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FAIR, UM, BEING A COMMUNITY EVENT AND, AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND SHOWING OFF WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
AND I THINK THEY'RE PLANNING SOME BIKE NIGHTS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BIKE RIDING, UM, TO THE FAIRGROUNDS WITH LIKE, UM, FOOD TRUCKS.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME NIGHTTIME RIDING.
I SAW IT AS A, AN IDEA DEFINITELY TO INVITE THOSE BMS WE'RE GET ALL OF IT.
AND BRING 'EM OUT TO, UH, TO GET THAT COMMUNITY INPUT AND OUTREACH AND PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT.
ANY COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM? YEAH, I'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS FROM MY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN THE BMX COMMUNITY, SO I KNOW YOU, YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, AND JUST A NOTE FOR THE, HOW DO YOU MONETIZE THIS? UM, AS A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS, UM, ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO MONETIZE THIS IS CHARGE FOR PARKING.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS THAT FUNDING COULD BE FUNNELED TO THE CITY.
UM, I'LL ALSO TELL YOU, YOU CAN CHARGE FOR WRISTBANDS, BUT I, I CAN'T LIE, I HATE PAYING FOR A WRISTBAND.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO TO A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT, THEN, UM, ONLY THE ATHLETES ARE ALLOWED IN, AND THEN EACH SPECTATOR BUYS A $15 WRISTBAND.
UH, DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO GO THAT FAR.
BUT PARKING, AGAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANNA PARK, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE GEAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT COULD BE A MONET MONETIZING ASPECT, UM, WITH THE GRANDSTANDS, YOU KNOW, YES, THEY CAN PROVIDE FOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT DONATE A PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, I LOVE WHAT I SAID, JUST CUT US A CHECK.
DON'T ASK ME TO IMPLEMENT THEM, BUT I GOT LOTS OF IDEAS.
UM, AND THEN I REALLY LOVE THAT, UM, YOU CONTACTED ALL OF THE LOCAL BIKE AREAS AND ASKED THEM TO BE A PART OF THIS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT CAN CHANGE SOMEBODY'S LIFE, BUT ALSO YOU, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT LIKE, INTERNAL SPECIALTY IS IN SOMEONE PHYSICALLY.
AND THAT ABILITY, ESPECIALLY AS A TEEN, TO GET THAT ENERGY OUT, I THINK IS AMAZING.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, BRINGING THIS TO US.
STACY, CAN I JUST SAY DON'T CHARGE TOO MUCH FOR PARKING? I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
MORE, MORE DETAILS TO COME IN.
YEAH, I'M VERY CLOSE TOO, SO DON'T WORRY.
OH, YEAH, TWO WALKS DOWN THE STREET.
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I MEAN, AND THAT IS A PIECE THAT IS THE ONE NEGATIVE THING IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? LIKE IN OTHER TOWNS, LIKE IN SAN MATEO, THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD.YOU'RE REALLY, YOU'RE REALLY, UM, UH, MESSED UP THERE.
BUT ANYHOW, THAT IS, THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO MONETIZE IT.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES ON THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY'S MEETING? NO.
DOES ANYBODY, UM, WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 28TH MEETING? I SECOND.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS IS THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.SO THIS IS NUMBER FOUR, THE AQUATICS ADVISORY AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH,
UM, DREW, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A, TAKE US THROUGH THIS, OR RACHEL.
UM, I WILL KIND OF TEE THIS UP AND, AND YES, UH, RACHEL'S BEER, OUR RECREATION SUPERVISORS HERE, UM, TO HELP FIELD ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WE, UH, DON'T TAKE, UM, EXTRA ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE ASK OF ALREADY YOU VOLUNTEERS, UM, LIGHTLY.
BUT WE DO FEEL, UH, THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK, UM, AN APPOINTMENT OF, UH, AN ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE AND AN AD HOC OF THIS COMMISSION.
SO, AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE NO LESS THAN TWO MEMBERS, NO MORE THAN THREE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE A IPM, THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, AD HOC, AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR PARK DESIGN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THE, UM, IPM COMMITTEE HAS WRAPPED UP THEIR ASSIGNMENT, UM, THAT CULMINATED IN MONDAY NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE IPM WAS, UM, OFFICIALLY, UM, ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, THE PARK PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE IS STILL THERE, UH, SHOULD BE STILL ACTIVE YET WE'RE, ALTHOUGH WE ARE YET TO MEET THIS YEAR.
BUT THE, UH, AQUATICS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS TIMELY.
AND TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE ANTICIPATE THE ASSIGNMENT TO REALLY FOCUS ON A FEW AREAS THEY'RE OUTLINED IN, IN THE DESCRIPTION.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THE ROLES WOULD BE TO MEET WITH STAFF STAKEHOLDERS AND AQUATICS CONSULTANTS TO REVIEW CURRENT OPERATIONS AT THE POOL.
THE AQUATICS OPERATOR THAT, UH, WORKS WITH THE CITY NOW, UM, WORKS OFF OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013.
THERE'S NOT YET BEEN A, A FULL COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF FEASIBILITY AUDIT OF THE PROGRAMS. UM, WHILE IT'S BEEN A, UM, A NECESSITY, UH, AS THE CITY TRANSITIONED, UM, DURING THE FINANCIAL CUTS FOLLOWING THE RECESSION, WE'RE A DIFFERENT CITY.
UM, AQUATICS IS CONTINUES TO GROW.
IMPORTANCE OF THE, THE SWIM CENTER AS WELL AS THE KAVANAUGH POOL, UM, DICTATES THAT WE TAKE A, A DEEP DIVE, PUN INTENDED, INTO LOOKING AT WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE AND, UH, LOOKING FOR SOME COMMISSION HELP AND SUPPORT WITH THAT.
SO, ALONG WITH THE PROGRAMMING GAPS, WE ALSO, UM, WANT TO, UM, ENGAGE THIS COMMISSION ON HELPING STAFF PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, YOU HEARD ABOUT A FEW OF 'EM DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHERS, UM, FROM LOCKER ROOM FACILITY ASSESSMENTS TO BOILERS TO DIFFERENT, UM, AMENITIES ON THE POOL DECKS, UM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO PART OF THIS AD HOC, UH, IS TO KIND OF GET BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND LOOK AT THOSE, UM, LIST OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND HELP STAFF COME UP WITH SOME PRIORITIZATION.
SO JUST TO REVIEW, UH, WE THINK THE ASSIGNMENT'S GONNA BE NO LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, NO MORE THAN A YEAR.
UM, WE'LL BE MEETING, UM, HOPEFULLY PRETTY REGULARLY DURING THE AQUATIC SEASON.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME WORK TO GET DONE.
SO EXCITED TO, TO SEE WHO WANTS TO THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING.
SO WITH THAT, UH, RACHEL AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THANK YOU.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE MEETINGS TO HAPPEN WITH THE AD HOC? GREAT QUESTION.
UH, TYPICALLY THE MEETINGS WILL HAPPEN DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS.
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WORK WITH MEMBERS THE BEST THAT WE CAN.UM, OFTENTIMES WE USUALLY TRY TO GIVE AT LEAST A WEEK'S NOTICE.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION NEED MORE TIME THAN THAT.
UM, SO WE CAN CREATE, UH, REOCCURRING MEETINGS.
BUT, UM, GENERALLY IT'S A, IT'S TRY TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST A WEEK'S NOTICE AND THE EXPECTATION IS WE MEET DURING THE BUSINESS DAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS? IS THAT WHERE I'M GOING NEXT, OR, UH, PARDON.
UH, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT,
SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF REPAIRS AND THINGS THAT NEED, AND THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, I'VE HEARD THAT THE, UH, RESURFACING OF THE POOL IS ON THE CALENDAR.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BARE MINIMUM.
HOPEFULLY SOME OTHER SAFETY ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED, LIKE THE LADDERS THAT ARE USED TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE POOL MAY SOMETIMES GIVEN WAY.
SO ALONG WITH WHAT SHE TALKED ABOUT, THE LOCKER ROOMS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THROUGH THE MASTERS AND THROUGH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH, WITH THE POOL.
BUT I THINK, UM, YEAH, TO GET SOME CLEANLINESS GOING IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
NOW THAT WE HAVE WARM WATER, JOIN US.
UM, AND I'M, DOES, DO WE NEED TO, UH, ARE WE ONLY VOLUNTEERING OURSELVES IN THIS MATTER? CORRECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU COULD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE NOMINATED, NOMINATE SOMEONE OR VOLUNTEER YOURSELF.
UM, JUST SEEKING TWO NAMES, HOWEVER WE CAN GET 'EM.
I KNOW THE WHOLE COMMISSION'S LIKE STACY.
UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO JOIN ME? WE'RE ALSO MISSING A COMMISSIONER TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN STACY AS THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE AD HOC.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN.
AND, AND IF WE CAN GET A, JUST A MOTION, UM, AND THEN WE'LL PUT THAT INTO THE RECORD.
WE HAVE, UH, FORMED AND, AND THAT IT'LL REFLECT A UNANIMOUS VOTES.
DO YOU NEED TO DO A, UM, ROLL CALL? HOW ABOUT WE ALL RAISE OUR HAND? I'M GONNA GET THIS DOWN RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME WHERE THEY BOOST ME OUT OR PUT ME OUT OF THIS POSITION, PLEASE.
I KNOW, RIGHT? I'LL GET IT AROUND MY SECOND TIME.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE, WE HAVE ROUNDED OUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA ARE COMMITTEE COMMENTS.WE'LL GO WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM TO START.
WELL, BECAUSE, UH, THEY MENTIONED RELIEF EARLIER, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, THE RIVER PARK HAD A BIG VOLUNTEER THING AND PLANTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF TREES FROM ACORNS.
AND THEY WERE AT THE POINT WHERE THE, THE TREES, UH, ALREADY BE TRANSPLANTED.
AND WE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN BE PLANTED ON THE PENINSULA YET.
SO WE JUST DONATED 40, UH, NATIVE TREES TO, UH, RELIEF, UH, FOR THEM TO USE IN THEIR PLANTING.
SO THOSE TREES ARE BEING ABLE TO BE USED, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, AND THEN I GUESS IT'S SORT OF A PHILOSOPHICAL THING, BUT I WAS THINKING A LOT LATELY WHEN I, YOU KNOW, SEE THE NEW HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT AND THE NEW HOUSING THAT'S JUST BEEN IMPROVED AND WALKING THROUGH THE HOUSING THAT IS FINISHED, SUCH AS THE, THE RIVER WALK AND THINKING THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN TO PETALUMA.
AND PETALUMA REALLY BENEFITS FROM THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
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AND SO THE ONLY THE BEST WAY THAT EVERYTHING, ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, THE BEST WAY PETALUMA CAN BENEFIT IS IF WE MAKE THEM FEEL THAT THEY'RE PART OF PETALUMA AND THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED.UM, SO I JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S ANSWERED, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW TO MAKE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN A BENEFIT AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN NOW, UM, WELL, MONDAY, UM, AS, UH, DREW POINTED OUT, WE, UH, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE, UM, THE IPM FOR, UM, THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE TWEAKING WE DID, UM, BUT NOT MUCH.
AND I THANKED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND, UM, THIS COMMISSION FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK IN BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THERE WASN'T MUCH OBJECTION AT ALL.
UM, DREW AND PATRICK CARTER HANDLED IT REALLY WELL AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND MADE CLARIFYING ANSWERS TO EVERYBODY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PASS IT.
UM, THE POLICE, UM, HAD THEIR ANNUAL AUDIT TO, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR BEST PRACTICES.
AND THERE, UM, IS LOTS OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, CALLS, WHICH ALSO WE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAFE TEAM.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, UM, HAVE THE BEST POLICE FORCE THAT WE CAN HAVE AND, UM, AN ANALYZING ANY INCIDENTS THAT COULD BE IMPROVED.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE AUDITOR IS THERE FOR.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND COMING UP AND THE BUDGET MEETINGS AND THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
UM, AND BUDGET IS, WILL, UH, BE A BIG PROJECT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY COMING UP IN THE BEFORE SUMMER.
UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
UM, YESTERDAY I PARTICIPATED IN A BEAUTIFYING DOWNTOWN PETALUMA, AND WE, MY GROUP, WE REPLANTED THE PLANTS THAT NEEDED TO RE IN THOSE EGG SHAPED PLANTER BOXES AROUND PETALUMA.
WE PLANTED THOSE, BUT OTHER PEOPLE SCRAPED GR UM, STICKERS OFF OF SIGNS AND PAINTED GRAFFITI AND CLEANED UP THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND, UM, PUTNAM PARK, I NOTICED IT EVEN WHEN WE WERE FINISHED, IT STILL NEEDS A LOT OF TLC, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ANOTHER BEAUTIFICATION DAY BECAUSE THAT PARK GETS A LOT OF USE.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TRASH THAT WE PICKED UP, UM, THAT IS JUST, IT OCCURS EVERY DAY.
SO THAT WAS WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY FOR, UH, SPRING EQUINOX, SO THANK YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER KELLY? YEAH, SO, UM, THE MUSEUM, THE AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ARTS IS STILL GOING ON THROUGH MARCH 31ST.
IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED IT OUT, IT'S PRETTY COOL.
UM, OUR ELECTIONS ARE LIKE COMING TO THIS DAY AND AGE, WE'RE GOING DIGITAL.
SO
MY KIDS HAD TO STUFF THEM ALL.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A GOOGLE DOC AND GO DIGITAL, UM, AND DO THE BEST WE CAN THERE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR BOARD MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY AROUND, UM, AN ATTORNEY ACCOUNTING, UM, PEOPLE THAT LOVE HISTORY, LOVE PETALUMA AND WHATNOT, AND JUST, AND A WAY TO GET INVOLVED.
THERE'S A WAY TO GET INVOLVED.
UM, WE'RE ALSO REALLY HOPING IN THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UM, UH, DIVE INTO BUDGETING AND FUNDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL, UH, CONSIDER GIVING MORE MONEY TO THE MUSEUM BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY VALUABLE PLACE, UM, WITHIN PETALUMA.
IT'S A HISTORICAL HEART OF PETALUMA.
I HAVE NOT HAD A PUBLIC ART MEETING SINCE LAST TIME WE MET, WHICH FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY SOON, TWO WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS, ANYWAYS, UM, SO YEAH, PARKS LOOK GOOD.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP ASKING ABOUT MCNAIR AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY EVER AGREED TO, UH, DO THE WORK AT PRINCE PARK FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY HOLD PRACTICE THERE, OR IF THEY'RE HAVING TO SUBCONTRACT THAT OUT.
BUT IT SEEMS CRAZY THAT THESE PUBLIC FIELDS ARE
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BEING MAINTAINED BY NONPROFIT LITTLE LEAGUES THAT HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE TO, TO DRAG THE FIELDS AND MAINTAIN THEM, AND CUT, GET DIRT AND ALL THAT STUFF.SO THAT WILL BE MY CONSTANT, UM, PLAYING FIELD QUESTION EVERY MONTH.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING'S GREEN AND BEAUTIFUL AND FEELS REALLY GOOD OUTSIDE WITH THE SUNSHINE, SO THANK YOU.
UM, PARKS LOOK PRETTY GOOD AND GREEN.
I WAS AT KENNELWORTH, UM, YESTERDAY WITH MY SON AND JUST GOT STARTED GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING, UH, A CHANGE KENNELWORTH, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SHADE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S JUST, UH, HE STILL LOVES IT FOR SOME REASON.
BUT, UM,
UM, THAT SHE SENT A LETTER, UM, WITH SOME SIGNATURES THAT SHE WAS HOPING MADE IT TO US.
I WASN'T SURE IF WE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, COULD RECEIVE, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, THE NAME, IT WAS CUNNINGHAM.
SO WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH, MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S POSTED TO THE AGENDA AND DISTRIBUTE WHEN IT IS.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT NOW, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE IT IS OKAY.
I KNOW JANICE CATERED PROMPTS GOT A COPY OF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO CODE ALL OF YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND WE HEARD IT WITH THE COUNCIL OR WHOMEVER, AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES, UH, FROM BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, MY PARKS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
I NOTICED THAT I WENT TO MCNAIR AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA.
UM, AND MY DOGS ARE HILARIOUS.
THEY'RE, THEY FIND A MUD PUDDLE ANYWHERE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES.
UM, AND I'M THE LAST ONE ON THIS.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
I DO, I DO FEEL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THIS EVENING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.MAYBE I WASN'T AS CLEAR WITH PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
MAYBE I SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CLEARER, BUT I'M RECOGNIZING THAT, THAT THERE IS SOMEONE, I KNEW THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A VOLLEYBALL PERSON HERE TONIGHT.
AND SO ORIGINALLY WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENTS COME UP, I THOUGHT THEY WERE VOLLEYBALL BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON'S CHILD ALSO PLAYS VOLLEYBALL.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHAT OUR GUIDELINES ARE ON ALLOWING A PUBLIC COMMENT OUT OF ORDER, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE THE WHOLE EVENING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
WE, WE CAN DO IT A COUPLE WAYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD, UH, MAKE A CHANGES TO THE AGENDAS AT THE TOP.
UM, UH, IF, IF YOU WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, TYPICALLY YOU ASK THEM TO SUBMIT THEM AND THEY'LL BE POSTED TO PART OF THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR DISCRETION THOUGH.
IF YOU WANNA OPEN IT UP, UM, FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
SO I WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER YOUR AFTER STAFF COMMENT OR RIGHT NOW, JUST SO I'M CLEAR.
I MEAN, IF AF THE CONCLUSION OF COMMITTEE COMMENT, YOU COULD OPEN IT UP AND SAY, HEY, UM, WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
WE'RE GONNA ADD A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT, BUT TYPICALLY YOU WOULD, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT AND SAY, THIS COMMENT'S GONNA BE POSTED TO THE AGENDA, SO IT'S READ INTO THE RECORD AND THEN IT'LL BE POSTED FOR FUTURE.
UM, I'M GOING TO ALLOW HER TO MAKE HER COMMENT.
SHE'S BEEN HERE ALL THE EVENING.
I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR CITIZENS, AND IT'S TWO TO MAYBE THREE MINUTES OF OUR TIME.
SO, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, AND IN THE FUTURE, I WILL BE VERY CLEAR IF WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A, A BIGGER, UM, PRESENTATION FOR THAT.
I WAS JUST WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO CALL.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WORKED FOR YOUR, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.
MM-HMM,
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TIME DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO DISCUSS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE LOOKING AT PUTTING SAND COURTS INTO PETALUMA, VOLLEYBALL, SAND COURTS IN EITHER THE PETALUMA CITY SPORTS COMPLEX OR THE FAIRGROUNDS.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN, IN 20 IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW.
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL
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ASSOCIATION RECENTLY SAID THIS IS OUT OF ALL THE YOUTH SPORTS, THE IN THE TOP 10, IT IS THE NUMBER ONE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN PETALUMA RIGHT NOW.AND THAT'S NOT JUST WITH GIRLS, IT'S WITH BOYS AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, MY DAUGHTER PLAYS INDOOR AND SHE PLAYS BEACH.
AND WE HAVE TO TRAVEL 30 MILES TO GO UP TO SANTA ROSA, UH, NORTHERN SANTA ROSA TO PLAY.
UM, OR WE HAVE TO GO DOWN INTO MARIN COUNTY.
AND THAT'S ONLY TO PLAY FOR TOURNAMENTS.
THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL AN HOUR AND A HALF TO PLAY AT ANY NATIONAL A VP RECOGNIZED TOURNAMENT.
UM, THERE IS NOTHING AROUND HERE.
IT IS, IT IS THE ONE SPORT THAT CITY OF PETALUMA, THAT, THAT HAS NO PLACE TO PLAY, COMPETE, OR PRACTICE.
IT IS A GROWING INTEREST ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
WHILE THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF COURTS, LIKE I SAID, IN COUNTY OF SONOMA AND MARIN, THERE IS NOT A PLACE FOR THE CLUBS TO COMPETE UNLESS YOU'RE DRIVING 20 TO 30, UM, EXCUSE ME, AN HOUR AND A HALF.
WE AS A CITY ARE MISSING THE BOAT.
WE ARE, WE ARE MISSING A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY, UH, SORRY.
AND WE ARE LIMITING OUR COMMUNI COMMUNITY TO A FANTASTIC, UH, FANTASTIC SPORT.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE 15 PRIVATE CLUBS WITHIN AN HOUR'S DRIVING DISTANCE AND 30 PLUS HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS AROUND, AROUND THIS AREA, CITY OF CITY OF PETALUMA, FOR, FOR THE PRIVATE CLUBS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, SONOMA, MARIN, SOLANO, ALAMEDA, AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AS WELL AS, UH, CURRENTLY PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL IS STARTING A BEACH, UH, VOLLEYBALL CLUB.
WE HAVE TO TRAVEL, LIKE I SAID, AT LEAST AN HOUR AND A HALF TO DO ANY COMPETITION.
THIS ISN'T EQUITABLE FOR THE KIDS HERE.
UM, BEACH VOLLEYBALL, I WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE EQUITABLE SPORTS AROUND FOR YOUTH.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FIVE TO $10,000 IN FEES FOR CLUBS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR BATS, BALLS, SOCCER GEAR.
THEY, IT'S VERY MINIMAL AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, MOST OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, CITY OF WINDSOR, CITY OF SEBASTOPOL, CITY OF SANTA ROSA, I'M TRYING TO TALK REALLY FAST.
NOVATO SAN, RAFAEL, SAN AND SELMA ALL HAVE SAND COURTS.
WE HAVE EVERY OTHER SPORT HERE.
I'M GONNA STOP HERE BECAUSE, UM, GREAT.
ALL WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF THERE.
I KNOW I LET YOU GO, BUT I NEED TO CUT YOU OFF.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK NEXT MONTH.
AND I, AND I THINK YOU WENT INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, YES, I DID.
I WAS REALLY NERVOUS, SO, YEAH.
WELL, NO, BUT I THINK THAT DETAIL FOR THE COMMISSION IS HELPFUL BECAUSE, AND, AND IT, IT'S HELPFUL FOR STAFF TO, TO LIKE PAINT THAT PICTURE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS THEY'RE DECIDING THINGS FOR THE FAIRGROUND AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I'LL BE MORE PREPARED NEXT TIME.
I KNOW I KEPT YOU THREE EXTRA MINUTES.
[STAFF COMMENT]
UH, WE ARE MOVING NOW TO STAFF COMMENT.CINDY CHONG, YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT PARKS AND FACILITIES WHEN WE WERE ALL VIRTUAL.
AND I'D MAGICALLY TURN ON MY SCREEN.
UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
YOUR PARK STAFF HAS BEEN BUSY.
IT'S RAINED A LOT AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY STRUGGLING WITH, UM, MOWING THE TURF JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN SO SATURATED.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN OUT THIS WEEK TRYING TO TACKLE IT BECAUSE IT GOT A LITTLE BIT OUTTA CONTROL.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN IN SOME OF YOUR PARKS AND IT LOOKS REALLY GREEN AND LUSH, IT HAS BEEN VERY GREEN AND VERY LUSH.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET TO ALMOST EVERYTHING BEFORE THE RAIN COMES BACK THIS WEEKEND, JUST SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET, UM, EVEN CRAZIER THAN IT'S BEEN OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UM, YOUR PARK STAFF, WE DID GO THROUGH TRAINING FOR ORGANIC TURF MANAGEMENT TO PILOT THAT PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF I BROUGHT THAT TO YOU GUYS LAST MONTH OR IF IT HAD DIDN'T HAPPEN YET.
WE WENT THROUGH THAT TRAINING.
WE'RE GETTING OUR SOIL SAMPLES TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET THAT TESTED AND SEE WHAT OUR PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE.
AND HOPING TO KICK THAT OFF IN THE FALL REALLY IS KIND OF WHAT, UM, THE, THE CONSULTANT IS TELLING US IS THE BEST TIME FOR US WHEN THEY WERE OUT HERE.
JUST A COUPLE THINGS FOR YOU TO NOTE.
UM, THEY WERE TELLING US IN DECADES OF DOING THIS WORK THAT YOUR PETALUMA PARKS TEAM IS THE BEST AND THE MOST ENGAGED.
AND THEY WERE JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND TO TRAIN THEM.
AND THEY DON'T REALLY DO THIS IN PERSON ANYMORE.
SO THEY MADE A SPECIAL BUY WHEN I MADE THE REQUEST BECAUSE MY STAFF IS IN PERSON LEARNERS, I KNOW THAT.
UM, AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR THEM TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
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SO YOU'LL SEE THAT PILOT HAPPEN IN MCNAIR MCDOWELL AND PRINCE PARK.UM, BUT YOU KNOW, OVERALL THEY SAID OUR SOIL HAS, FROM WHAT THEY CAN TELL SO FAR, HAS HOLDS REALLY GOOD NUTRIENTS.
UM, WE USE FESCUE, IT CLUMPS BY ITSELF, SO WE KNOW IT'S UNEVEN TURF TO BEGIN WITH.
AND WE HAVE CLUMPING TURF, BUT IT'S STRONG TURF, SO THERE'S SOME POSITIVE THERE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT YOUR FACILITIES TEAM, BUT I JUST REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO NOTE THE POOL BOILERS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
VOICE AND ARONDA HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY AND DROPPED OTHER THINGS ON THE FACILITIES FRONT TO MAKE SURE THOSE BOILERS ARE UP AND RUNNING.
UM, SO IF YOU EVER SEE HIM AROUND, HE'S ONE OF THE MOST HAPPY GO LUCKY PEOPLE YOU'LL MEET.
JUST PLEASE SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THAT TOP BOILER WAS SO DIFFICULT, IT TOOK EIGHT OF THEM TO LIFT THAT BACK IN.
THE DESIGN IS JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OPTIMAL, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD, BOTH BOILERS ARE UP AND RUNNING AND PULL TEMPERATURES BACK UP.
SO WE'LL DO OUR BEST AS WE CAN.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEY'VE BEEN JUST BUSY DOING THEIR THING.
BUT IF YOU SEE THEM AROUND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN REFINISHING PARK BENCHES.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING.
AND WE'RE COMING INTO WHAT IS OUR REALLY BUSY SEASON, RIGHT? COMING INTO MARCH, APRIL IS WE'RE GONNA HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH ALL OF OUR TURF STUFF AND EVERYTHING GROWING.
SO JUST KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT THERE AND BUSY.
OH, YOU KNOW, AND ONE THING I'LL JUST SHARE ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CITY STAFF IS DOING OUTSIDE OF JUST LIKE MAYBE OUR CORE DUTIES.
LAST FRIDAY, RACHEL AND I WERE ABLE TO GO TO A, UM, DEI, UM, KIND OF SYMPOSIUM.
AND IT WAS, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING REALLY POWERFUL AND I JUST WANNA SHARE IT THAT I LEARNED THAT CAME OUT OF IT.
UM, A PROFESSOR WHO LEADS THE, UM, WHAT IS IT, THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DIVISION OR IF IT'S A SCHOOL OF OTHERING AT UC, BERKELEY.
AND HE EXPLAINED THINGS REALLY WELL, BUT THERE WAS JUST ONE THING THAT HE BROUGHT TO LIGHT AND IT JUST MADE ME THINK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA INVITE YOU TO MY PARTY.
I'M GONNA SERVE MY FOOD, I'M GONNA PLAY MY MUSIC.
BUT I'M GONNA SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA MAKE TOGETHER? WHAT MUSIC ARE WE GONNA PLAY TOGETHER? AND THAT CREATES BELONGING AND HOURS.
AND THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW IT AND I THINK IT, BUT I'D NEVER HAD IT EXPLAINED SO SUCCINCTLY TO ME.
AND SO WHEN I SAW, I WAS LIKE, YES, THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ARTICULATE AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF OUR NORMAL WORK, WE SOMETIMES GET TO DO SOME REALLY COOL STUFF THAT I THINK HAS PROFOUND IMPACT.
SO JUST WANNA SHARE THAT LITTLE NUGGET.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME THIS MONTH.
OH, AND TREE COMMITTEE WASN'T A LOT, BUT DO LOOK, APRIL 27TH WILL BE OUR, OUR OFFICIAL ARBOR DAY.
THERE'S AN AD HOC THAT'S PLANNING A PRETTY COOL EVENT AT PRINCE PARK.
WE DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT YET, BUT IT'S GONNA BE TREE FESTIVAL, TREE TI.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, SOME ARTWORK, SCAVENGER HUNT MULCHING OF THE REALLY GREAT OAK.
SO THERE'LL BE NEWS THAT GOES OUT AS THAT AD HOCS FORMS ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.
BUT THAT'LL BE REALLY FUN TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY THERE.
UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WILL YOU REPEAT THAT QUOTE THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU LIKED WHAT THAT PERSON SAID, JUST TO GET IT? OH YEAH, SURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL SET THE MUSIC LIST, I'LL MAKE ALL THE FOOD.
I'M GONNA INVITE YOU TO MY PARTY.
BUT I'M GONNA COME TO EVERYBODY AND SAY, WHAT FOOD ARE WE MAKING? WHAT'S ON OUR MUSIC PLAYLIST? AND THAT'S CREATING AND BELONGING, RIGHT? SO IF I INVITE YOU ON MY TERMS, THAT'S INCLUSION.
BUT IF I INCLUDE EVERYBODY IN THE DISCUSSION AND THE TERMS, THEN THAT'S BELONGING AND CO-CREATING.
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM SENDING REPS.
UM, BUT I THINK PETALUMA AS A WHOLE, I MEAN, THERE WAS, UM, REPRESENTATION FROM ALL CITIES IN THE COUNTY, AND I THINK PETALUMA HAD, YOU KNOW, FOR A CITY TO DECIDE HAD, YOU KNOW, OVER OVER 12 OR 17, 17 FOLKS FROM PETALUMA.
SO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, LEADING, UM, THE CHARGE.
SO APPRECIATE YOU BOTH SHARING THAT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RECRUITMENTS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF THE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR TINY TAUGHT PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AS WELL AS SUMMER CAMP RECREATION LEADERS.
SO WE'VE GOT A, UM, GOOD, UH, LIST GOING FOR THE RECREATION LEADER FRONT, BUT, UM, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE.
SO PLEASE SEND, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
THE ADULT BASKETBALL PROGRAM IS IN FULL SWING, UH, 12, UH, TEAMS ON THE MEN'S SIDE.
FIVE, UH, WOMEN'S, UH, ON THE, THE WOMEN'S DIVISION PLAY ON SUNDAYS AT CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE HOOPING IT UP UNTIL, UH, MAY 5TH.
AND A BIG KUDOS TO RACHEL BEER, WHO, UM, STEPPED UP AND, UH, TOOK THE REINS OF OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM IN, UH, WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE RECREATION
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COORDINATOR TO START.SO RACHEL, JUST LIKE SHE APPROACHES HER WORK, UM, JUMPS IN, UH, MADE IT HAPPEN AND, AND, AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OUT THERE COMPETING, UM, COMPETITIVELY EVERY SUNDAY.
SUMMER CAMPS REGISTRATION IS ALL BUT FULL.
SO PLEASE, THERE'S, THERE IS SOME SPACE AVAILABLE, UH, IN THE SCHOOL AGE AND SPECIALTY CAMPS, BUT DON'T WAIT MUCH LONGER.
UM, ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE ACTIVITY GUIDE AND, UH, CAMPS WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 17TH.
THE GREAT PETALUMA EGG HUNT IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THEY ARE STAGGERING TIMES FROM 10 TO 12.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT PUT ON BY ROTARY.
UM, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE NOT WITNESSED IT MYSELF, BUT I'VE HEARD IT'S QUITE A SCENE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT'S GOING AND APPRECIATE THE TEAM WORKING WITH THEM AND, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FROM ROTARY THAT REALLY MAKE THIS A FREE FUN EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, WIFFLE BALL TOURNAMENT AT MIRACLE LEAGUE, THE NORTH BAY, OR MIRACLE LEAGUE OF NORTH BAY IS HOSTING THEIR THIRD ANNUAL WIFFLE BALL TOURNAMENT ON APRIL 13TH AT NINE O'CLOCK.
SO PUT A TEAM TOGETHER, GET OUT THERE.
I SEE A TEAM RIGHT HERE, UM, ALMOST, AND TEAM REGISTRATION IS HAPPENING NOW.
SO A GREAT, UH, TIME OF YEAR TO BE OUT THERE PLAYING BALL.
AND IT'S MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, LESS ABOUT THE BALL.
SO, UH, INCLUSION FESTIVAL, THE THEME TONIGHT.
WE ARE, UH, EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE INCLUSIVE COMPASS ON HOSTING THE FOURTH ANNUAL INCLUSION FESTIVAL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 11TH FROM 11 TO SIX.
THIS EVENT IS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES TO ENJOY PERFORMANCES ACTIVITIES.
UH, A DETAILED SCHEDULE WOULD BE RELEASED, UH, FROM THE ORGANIZERS, BUT, UM, THE TACTIC SCHEDULES PUT UP MAY 11TH, UH, ON YOUR CALENDAR AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE QUICK UPDATE ON THE ANNA'S MEADOWS PLAYGROUND PROJECT WITH, UH, THE SECOND PHASE HAS RESUMED.
SO, UM, THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT, UM, OF THE SH WELL, THE NEW CONCRETE PAD AND SHADE STRUCTURE IS UNDERWAY.
SO ONCE COMPLETED, WE PLAN TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT TO, UM, CELEBRATE AND ENJOY THE NEW SPACE.
BUT LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THAT PROJECT IS BACK ONLINE.
RAIN SHUT US DOWN FOR A WHILE THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S UNDERWAY.
THE MCNAIR PARK TENNIS COURT, DEDI DEDICATION.
THIS WAS THE LYNN HAGGERTY COURT MEMORIAL DEDICATION.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMUNITY ON A DEDICATION EVENT FOR MCNAIR PARK.
SO THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 11TH AT 10:00 AM AND WILL CONSIST OF A CEREMONY IN SOME TENNIS, OF COURSE.
UM, SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AS WELL.
AND LAST KIND OF BIG NOTABLE ITEM FROM COUNCIL.
WE, UM, WE DID OFFICIALLY CLOSE AND ACCEPT THE PROJECT, UH, FOR THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY BASEBALL FIELD.
SO THAT IS AN EXCITING MILESTONE.
UM, THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE OUT THERE.
UM, BUT ALONG WITH GETTING THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT MOVED FORWARD, UM, THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER, UM, KIND OF LONG TIME COMING, BUT AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE.
WE'VE ACCEPTED THE PROJECT AND NOW, UH, WE CAN MOVE IN AND WORK WITH, UM, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ON SOME OF THE SITE AMENITIES TO PLAY.
THERE'S A SOLAR ARRAY INSTALLATION.
THEY STILL HAVE A FEW MORE WEEKS, SO THEY'LL BE WORKING OUT THERE IN APRIL.
UM, WE'VE GOT ROOFS TO PUT ON THE DUGOUTS, THE LEGHORNS, UM, BASEBALL GROUP IS WORKING WITH THAT.
THERE'S AN ELECTRONIC SCOREBOARD THAT NEEDS TO GO UP.
THERE'S SOME PADDING THAT GOES ON THE WALLS, BUT THESE ARE LIKE THE FINISHES IN OUR SCOREBOARD'S, KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
BUT, UM, THE FINISHES IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET THAT WE'RE GONNA START RELEASING FROM PRACTICES, BUT, UM, RACHEL'S BEEN IN COORDINATION WITH ALL THE GROUPS THAT ARE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.
AND WE DO EXPECT TO BE OPENING UP KIND OF A SOFT OPENING FOR PRACTICES AS SOON AS WE CAN.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A JUNE 1ST, UH, KIND OF OPENING DAY TYPE CELEBRATION.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CELEBRATE PRIOR TO THAT, WE WILL, UH, ANNOUNCE IT.
BUT, UM, MIGHT BE A LITTLE SOFT OPENING.
AND THEN, UH, JUNE 1ST IS THE, IS THE BIG, BIG HURRAH.
SO WITH THAT, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE TONIGHT FOR THE THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS, THE GOOD DISCUSSION.
UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.